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Black Education Association
Mission 

The Black Education Association (BEA) is an employee development group that provides culturally reflective, responsive, and relevant programs and support to Black identified employees and students at Las Positas College. With radical love and an appreciation for diasporic diversity as core values, we recognize and celebrate the full range of Black identity and sponsor events and programs to trailblaze a path to success for our students. The BEA leverages the participation of Black staff, faculty, and administrators to engage in work to improve college support services and policies for students of African descent and reports these activities annually to the President's office.

The Black Education Association at Las Positas College exists to support Black employees and students through love, promoting a sense of belonging while respecting our individuality. We strive to make our college a welcoming destination for Black employees and students by providing professional development, leading with empathy, demonstrating compassion, and through providing personal and professional development opportunities.

Black Education Association 
Commitments

  • We will be passionate about and purposeful in the work we will do as a collective.
  • We will accept people as they are, recognizing that Blackness is expansive, inclusive, and intersectional.
  • We will give space for people to operate in safety and collaboration, with belongingness and respect.
  • We will recognize and love our Black communities across all intersectionalities.
  • We will love, support, trust, and encourage one another.
  • We will be honest, kind, consistent, and compassionate to one another.
  • We will operate in strength, authenticity, follow-through, good communication commitment, and community.
  • We will laugh together and check-in on one another.
  • We will hear each other and have empathy for one another.
  • We will be curious with a growth consciousness and dedication.
  • We will understand and recognize the strengths in Black communities.
  • We will embrace the uniqueness in our communities with authentic care, and nurture hard work and good ideas.
  • We will offer the space to dream and connect for a better future for our students.
  • We will bring the fullness and richness of our collective years of experience, wisdom, and service to the work of creating a thrive-ready environment for Black students.